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Nikolaj Arcel (born 25 August 1972) is a Danish filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2012 film A Royal Affair , which won two prizes at the Berlin International Film Festival and which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards , as well as the 2017 American film The Dark Tower .
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Nikolaj Arcel is a Danish filmmaker who has written and directed movies such as A Royal Affair, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Promised Land. He was born in 1972 in Copenhagen and often collaborates with screenwriter Rasmus Heisterberg.
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Sep 1, 2023 · The Promised Land, the new film from Danish director Nikolaj Arcel, is a story of ambition.. Set in 1755 it follows Captain Ludvig Kahlen, a bankrupt former soldier determined to secure the royal ...
Jan 31, 2024 · "I have a deep-seated love for epic movies," effuses Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel.With The Promised Land, he has finally made a true historical epic of his own.. Based on The Captain and Ann Barbara by Danish novelist Ida Jessen, the 18th-century Nordic drama follows a war veteran, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen), who sets out to become the first man to cultivate Denmark's notoriously ...
Feb 18, 2024 · The bleak terrain of Jutland is the setting for an 18th-century battle over crops and land in Nikolaj Arcel’s rollicking true-life drama. Wendy Ide. Sun 18 Feb 2024 10.00 EST. Share.
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Nov 29, 2023 · More than a decade after joining forces on the Oscar-nominated film “A Royal Affair,” actor Mads Mikkelsen has reteamed with writer-director Nikolaj Arcel for “The Promised Land,” a ...
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Sep 1, 2023 · While The Promised Land sounds more subdued than the original Danish title, Bastarden (The Bastard), there’s nothing tame or prosaic about Nikolaj Arcel’s brawny historical drama.Reuniting the ...